Banality #1, Auden #8
Banality can be made of comic interest but only by parodying it, to the point where the audience recognizes the banality; but exaggerated banality is no longer banal.
"The Martyr as Dramatic Hero," Secondary Worlds
Looke what thy memorie cannot containe, Commit to these waste blacks
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